Ron's stubbornness

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firoza10 at y... wrote:

> Ron did TRY to make up with Harry before the first task. But Harry 
> wasn't allowing him too. 

I don't believe that's true. The way to do it is to say "Harry I 
believe you now and I'm sorry I called you a liar" but he didn't do 
that until after the first task, about a month after the fight began. 
At that point Harry was very gracious about it and didn't even make 
Ron finish saying it.    

>JKR herself said that Harry's pride  was to blame for prolonging the 
>fight in the Dec. Times article

Yes, I read that too, but if that was Rowling's intention then she 
needs to rewrite the book because that's not what comes across on the 
page. I doubt if there is one person in a thousand would be as easy 
going about it as Harry was. Think about it, you're under enormous 
stress and facing a potentially lethal situation and your best friend 
just makes it worse. I said it before I'll say it again, I'd knock 
Ron's block off.